Golf-club



A P OLSON.

GOLF CLUB.

. APPLICATION FILED APR. 23. 1919. RENEWED JUNE 12, 1920.

SEQ GZQQ. Pamted Sept. 7, 1920.

PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW P. OLSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GOLF-CLUB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. '7 1920.

Application filed April 23, 1919, Serial Ito/ 292,203. Renewed June 12,1920. Serial No. 388,670.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, ANDREW P. OLSON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Golf-Clubs, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the achoinpanying drawlfly invention relates togolf -clubs and particularly to golf-putters, and its object is toprovide a club of such character which may be used by eitherright-handed or lefthanded players without disassembling the parts, andwhich may also be adj usted without disassemblage by any player tochange the usual relation between the shaft and head in which suchplayer would normally use the club to accommodate any changed positionor stanch which he may wish to take.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter described and thenpointed out in the claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a putter-head and thelower portion of the shaft which is broken away for convenience ofillustration;

Fig. 2 is a top plan perspective of parts shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4 is a detail view showing certain parts disassembled and separatedfor convenience of illustration.

In the drawing 10 is the shaft of the putter carrying at its upper endthe usual handle-wrapping (not shown), and secured at its lower end inthe usual metal sleeve 11 with which the metallic heads of golf clubsare provided. The sleeve 11 is provided at its lower end with a ball 12.The head of the club is of any suitable material, preferably metal suchas aluminum, and has the usual flat horizontal sole 12 and vertical orinclined putting-face 13. The top of the head is provided at its centerwith an opposite pair of upstanding flanges 14 which are connected attheir rear portions by a cross-head 15 and at their front portionsadjacent the putting-face by a cross-head 16, the space between thecross-heads being formed into an intermediate chamber to freely receivethe ball 12- of the shaft. The cross-head 16 is provided with a socket17 curved to fit the contour of the ball 12, and

of the head so that its free the cross-head 15 is provided with acentral bore to receive a sleeve 18 which is curved on its inner end toform a socket 19 to fit the contour of the ball 12 and is provided witha horizontal passage 20 to receive a pin 21 on the inner end of ascrew-plug 22 which makes threaded engagement with the bore ofthe'cross-head 15, a spring washer 23 being located on the pin 21between the inner end of the screw-plug and the plain end of the sleeve18.

The parts are assembled as shown with the ball 12 clamped between thesockets 17 and 19. It is obvious that in the position the parts occupyin Fig. 1 the club is adapted to be used by a right-handed player, andthat by swinging the shaft over past the center toward the oppositeshoulder 14: the club may be used by a left-handed player.

In either case, the ball and socket joint will be set to effectivelyhold the shaft and head in any relation to suit the playing positionusually desired or taken by the player, while at any time by solein theclub on the ground and applying SllffiClBIlt pressure on the shaft toovercome the resistance of the joint the player may shift the shaft moreor less either transversely of the head or longitudinally toward or fromthe face 13 to accommodate the club to any usual stanch or positionwhich the player may desire to take or be compelled to take by thehazards of the course. And of course, after the play from such unusualposition is completed, the player may in the, same way restore the shaftto its ori inal position. The pressure-releasing holding device retainsthe shaft in any position on the head against the usual stress of play,but allows the shaft to be instantly adjusted without disassembling anyparts. The jointed con-.

nection between the-shaft and head being transverse to the plane of theplaying face of the head allows the club to be used by either aright-handed or left-handedplayer Without any disassemblage of parts.

In short, the shaft is mounted on the top end may be moved above thehead in all directions about its pivotal point, and so its handle can beadjusted to any position in a plane transversely of the head or inparallel with the playing face to allow either a right-handedplayer or aleft-handed player to use, the club, or to any position in a planelongitudinfilly of the head to alloweither such player to incline theshaft at any angle toward or from the face, or to any position in anyintermediate plane to allow either such player to incline the shaft atany angle to the face, and the pressure-releasing holding devicenormally retains the shaft in all its positions, but allows it to beshifted to any other of its positions by the player simply exertingpressure upon it sufficient to overcome the resistance of the holdingdevice.

I claim 1. In a golf-club, a shaft, a putter-head having a playing faceand a horizontal sole, a ball and socket joint between the shaft and topof the head to allow the free end of the shaft to move above ,the headin all directions about its pivotal point, and a pressure-releasingholding device to normally retain the shaft in fixed position.

2. In a golf-club, a head having a playing face and a horizontal sole,of upwardly extending cross-heads on the top surface of the head formingan intermediate chamber, a socket in the face of the an opposite pairfront cross-head, a screw plug having threaded engagement with the rearcrosshead, a sleeve carried by the plug and having a socket in alinementwith the other socket, and a shaft having a ball clamped between thesockets.

3. In a golf-club, a head having a playing face and a horizontal sole,an opposite pair of upwardly extending cross-heads on the top surface ofthe head forming an intermediate chamber, a socket in the face of thefront cross-head, a screw-plug having threaded engagement with the rearcross-head, a pin on the inner end of the head, a sleeve on the pin andhaving a socket in alinement with the other socket, a spring washer onthe pin between the sleeve and plug, and a shaft having a ball clampedbetween the sockets.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW P. OLSON.

Witnesses:

J. MoRoBER'rs, BERNIOE GORMLEY.

